Focus School Software - Favorites and Recent Programs
- The Favorites/Recent Programs section displays links to screens marked as Favorites. - To navigate to a favorite program, click the program name in the Favorites list in the Favorites/Recent Programs section. - To add a program to the Favorites list, navigate to that screen or program in Focus. Click …
Entering Teacher Course Recommendations / Requests
In preparation for the upcoming school year, teachers submit course requests for their students. These course requests are recommendations on which courses their students should take in the upcoming school year. Students and parents can view these recommendations in the Focus Student Portal. Teachers can make their c…
Focus School Software - Viewing Student Demographics
- The Find A Student module provides a search text box to pull up student records directly from the Portal page. - To conduct a search from the Portal, enter search criteria such as the student name in the provided text box, then select a category from the category menu pull-down in order to select the informa…
Students: Viewing High School Course Recommendations
Every year, 8th-grade and high school students complete an online course registration process. This process involves reviewing course recommendations from teachers and selecting courses for the upcoming school year at the high school. Please follow the steps below to review course recommendations from your teachers a…
Focus School Software - Alerts, Announcements, and Events
- The Alerts module contains profile-specific notifications, which are automated by Focus and used to manage daily tasks. Alerts link to the corresponding screens in Focus to complete the alerted task. Teachers receive Alerts on: referrals that have been processed, students that have been added or dropped, grades tha…
Focus School Software - Viewing and Editing Existing Seating Charts
1. From the Attendance menu, click Seating Charts . 2. From the Seating Charts screen, click Charts . 3. The Charts pop-up displays all existing seating charts linked to the section selected from the section pull-down located in the header. From the Charts pop-up, you can edit all existing…
Focus School Software - Seating Charts - Assigning Students to Seats
1. From the new or existing chart, click the Layout tab, then click the Students tab to assign seating to students. Before seating students, you can flag applicable students by clicking Front of Class and/or Talkative to identify the students who need to sit at the front of the class or students who a…
Focus School Software - Seating Charts Navigation and Tools
1. From the Attendance menu, click Seating Charts . 2. Once generated, the Chart Name displays at the top of the screen. 3. Depending on the Starting Point selected, the Front of Class directional selection is displayed, along with the number of desks entered via the Rows and Columns . …
Focus School Software - Layout and Portal Navigation
The Portal page is the key to navigation throughout Focus and throughout the Student Information System (SIS). Before conducting student searches, taking attendance, etc., you must learn the basics of the software. A lot can be accomplished directly from the Portal page, which includes Alerts, Upcoming Events, a Help…
Focus School Software - Adding a Discipline Referral
The Add Referral screen is used to add a discipline referral for a student. After the referral is submitted, an administrator will review and process the referral, assigning disciplinary action as needed. 1. In the Discipline menu, click Add Referral. 2. On the Search Screen, enter search criteria to locate…
